One of lines of front tumors of a tasmaniysky devil mutates quicker another

Tasmaniysky devils suffer from the transmissivny cancer which cages are transferred from one animal to another, for example, at stings. They have two lines of a cancer, and in new research for the first time carried out comparison of genomes of both lines with a reference genome of an animal and determined for each of lines approximate time of emergence. Credit: The press release Transmissivny types of a cancer seldom meet in fauna. They extend by transfer of living cancer cells from one individual to another. In case of a tasmaniysky devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) of a cage are transferred through stings during fights. Populations...